English Explanatory Dictionary

gubbins

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
  2. Assorted stuff, especially if of little value; tat.
noun
  1. Silly person; fool.
noun
  1. A half-savage race said to live in Devonshire, described by the pastoral poet William Browne, among others.
name
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡʌb.ɪnz/

Word forms

gubbins Gubbinses

Etymology

Ante 1553. From gobbin (“piece, portion, slice”), from Middle English goboun, from Anglo-Norman gobon. Compare with English gobony (“line of alternating squares”).

Synonyms

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